Russian Foreign Ministry urged the OSCE to pay attention to the situation with the persecution of journalists in Latvia

Zakharova noted that, to call a spade a spade, these correspondents "want to punish for simply doing their job as journalists."

The representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry noted that the Russian side has repeatedly made requests to relevant international structures and urged them to tackle this problem, to give these actions an objective assessment, but there is no clear, effective response from the authorized institutions.

According to her, "it is not surprising that the Latvian authorities enjoy such tacit consent" and are stepping up efforts to "squeeze out sources of information alternative to the officialdom and do not slow down on the offensive against the Russian language as a whole."

“Where is the OSCE, where is the special representative for freedom of speech, where is the institution, where is the special office of this representative, because there are many people working there?

Where are the statements, where at least tweets, where are the interviews in this regard?

Where are the conversations with the authorities of these countries, in particular, Latvia? "

- emphasized Zakharova.

She added that the Russian side is demanding a report on this situation.

“If earlier we called for a reaction, now we demand a report,” Zakharova said, noting that there is a practice of double standards in Latvia.

Earlier it was reported that the State Security Service of Latvia has completed the investigation of the criminal process against 14 journalists who collaborated, including with the Russian portals Sputnik and Baltnews.

The journalists are accused of violating the EU sanctions regime, introduced personally against the general director of MIA "Russia Segodnya" Dmitry Kiselyov.

Sputnik Latvia and Baltnews are affiliated with the Russia Today media group.

At the same time, Latvian journalists who write for these media are not their employees, but act only as freelance authors.

As noted in the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the sanctions are personal in nature, relate personally to the Director General of MIA "Russia Today" Dmitry Kiselev and cannot apply to everyone who cooperates with the media holding.